Winding and rewinding mechanism for music sheets or records.



E. T. TURN EY. WINDING AND RBWINDING MEGHANISM PoR MUSIC SHEETS 0R RECORDS.

APPLICATION FILED HAY 7, 1909.

Patented Aug. 18, 1914.

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WINDING AND REWINDING MECHANISM POR MUSIC SHEETS 0B RECORDS. APPLICATION FILED MAY '1, 190s.

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WINDING AND REWINDING MEGHANISM FOB MUSIC SHEETS 0R RECORDS.

APPLIOATION FILED MAY7, 1909.

Patented Aug; 18, 1914.

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THE NoRRls PETERS Cof; Fuero-LITRO., WASHINGTON, D. C.

UNITED STATES. PATENT OFFICE.

EUGENE T. TURNEY, OF ROCK ISLAND, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNOR TO A RTISTA PIANO PLAYER COMPANY, OF MILAN, ILLINOIS7 A. CORPORATION OF ILLINOIS.

WINDING AND REWINDING MECHANISM FOR MUSIC SHEETS OR RECORDS.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Aug. 18, 1914..

Griginal application led September 23, 1908, Serial No. 454,377. Divided and this application led May 7, 1909. Serial No. 494,639.

To all whom it may concern y Be it known that I, EUGENE T. TURNEY, a citizen of the United States, residing at Rock Island, in the county of Rock Island and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Winding and Itewinding hlechanism for Music Sheets or Records, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to improvements in winding and re-winding mechanism for perforated music sheets or records for use with pneumatic playing attachments for musical instruments and one of the objects of the invention is to provide improved means for feeding or re-winding the sheet or record without reversing the operation of the motor.

A further object is to provide improved means whereby the record may be shifted to any desired section of the music either forwardly or backwardly at will without sounding the notes or operating the remaining parts.

A further object is to provide an improved device of this character in which there is employed a pneumatic motor operated by exhausting the air therefrom and exhaust mechanism common to all of the parts and improved means whereby the suction or exhaust may be directed entirely to the motor and whereby the exhaust may be cut off from the other mechanism to prevent the operation of the latter and thus increase the speed of the motor.

A further object is to provide an improved device of this character which will be simple, durable and cheap in construction and effective and eiiicient in operation.

To the attainment of these ends and the accomplishment of other new and useful objects, as will appear, the invention consists in the features of novelty in the construev tion, combination and arrangement of the several parts hereinafter more fully described and claimed and shown in the accompanying drawings illustrating an embodiment of the invention, and in which- Figure 1 is a detail front elevation of an improved device of this character constructed in accordance with the principles of this invention. Fig. 2 is an enlarged detail elevatio-n partly in section, showing the manner of operating the record spools. Fig. 3 is an enlarged detail elevation of the movable bearing for the power shaft of the motor. Fig. 4 is an enlarged detail elevation partly in section of the motor controller and showing the manner in which the exhaust or suction may be directed entirely to the motor. Fig. 5 is an enlarged detail sectional view on line 5-5 of Fig. 1. Fig. 6 is a detail top pla-n view, partly in section, showing the valve for cutting off the exhaust from the suction chamber or wind chest which operates the individual pneumatics and the adjusting mechanism for the valve. Fig. 7 is an enlarged detail sectional view on line 7-7 of Fig. 5. Fig. 8 is a detail top plan view of a portion of the controller and the wind chest or trunk showing the manner of connecting the pneumatic for operating the controlling valve of the motor, to the wind chest or trunk.

Referring more particularly to the drawings and in the present exemplification of the invention, the numeral 15 designates a suitable supporting frame for the record spools or rollers 16, 17, and which is supported in any desired or suitable manner within the casing of the instrument. Spaced from one of the end members 18 of the frame 15 is an upright or partition 19.v carrying bearing 21 for spool shaft 23, which is provided With pulley 25. The other end of the spool 16 is supported in a suitable bearing 35 secured to the other upright 18 of the frame 15. Supported preferably by the end member 18 and the upright 19 is the ordinary tracker board 36 which latter is arranged between the spools 16 and 17. Projecting beyond the extremities of the spool 17 are axles 37, 38, the latter being journaled in frame 18. A suitable motor 48 may be provided for feeding or re-winding the record sheet 49. This motor is adapted to be operated by means of suction and the flexible member 50 is connected to the suction chest of the motor for exhausting the same. The crank shaft 51 of the motor is connected to the flexible power shaft 52 through the medium of intermeshing gears 53". The motor is mounted upon any suitable support within the casing and is preferably spaced from the frame 15. One extremity of the flexible shaft 52 passes through an enlarged opening 54 in one of the end members 18 of thev frame 15 and terminates preferably adjacent the upright 19. Secured to the shaft 52 is an elongated pinion 53 which meshes with the gear 39 on the spool 17. Arranged adjacent the opening 54 is a bearing 55 which is slidably mounted in suitable guides 56. A flexible member 57 is secured by one extremity to the bearing 55 and by the other extremity to the end member 18 and tends normally to hold the extremity of the shaft 52 in such a position that the pinion 53 will mesh with the gear 39. A pulley 53 is secured to the shaft 52 for rotation therewith and is located between the upright 19 and the end member 18 of the frame. his pulley 5S is arranged in line with the pulley 25 on the shaft 23 and a belt 59 passes over the pulleys. This belt is preferably constructed of any suitable flexible material, but preferably of some suitable material which will permit the shaft 23 to be driven by the shaft 52 when the pinion 53 is moved out of engagement with the gear 39, and will slip to permit the shaft 23 to be rotated by the spool 16 when the sheet or record is being fed from the spool to the spool 17 and when the pinion 53 is in engagement with the gear 39. VVith this improved construction it will be apparent that the belt will not interfere with the rotation of the shaft 52 in one direction when it is rdesired to shift the music sheet or record to any desired portion of the music, so that it may be re-played before the end of the piece is reached. The flexible shaft 52 may be shifted so as to tighten the belt 59 to drive the shaft 23 in the opposite direction.

Any suitable means may be provided for moving the pinion 53 out of engagement with the gear 39 such as a flexible member 60, one extremity of which is secured to the bearing 55, and secured to the free extremity of the flexible member is a member G1 which passes through a suitable aperture in a portion 62 of the casing of the instrument and is provided with a threaded extremity for the reception of a collar or nut 63 below the portion 62 of the instrument casing.

A slide Se is provided with an operating handle G5 and is secured to the portion 62 of the casing for sliding movement in any dedesired or suitable manner, preferably by means of screws or bolts 66 passing through suitable slots G7 in the slide and into the portion 62. rlhis slide 64 is also provided with. a slot 68 through which the member 61 passes and an inclined shoulder G9 on the lower face thereof, which shoulder is adapted to engage the nut or collar 63 when the slide is moved inwardly so as to draw upon the flexible member 60 and shift the bearing 55 against the tension of the elastic member 57. lVhcn the slide is drawn outwardly so that the shoulders or inclined face 69 will move away from the nut or collar 63, the elastic member 57 together with the flexibility of the shaft 52, will move the elongated pinion 53 back into mesh with the .gear 39.

Arranged within the casing of the instrument is a controller for the motor 4&3, designated generally by the reference numeral 70. This controller may be of any desired or suitable construction, and may be provided with a suitable valve 71 for governing the same and is preferably supported by the wind trunk or passage 72, through the medium of which latter the individual pneumatics 73 may be exhausted and which pneumatics may be connected by suitable tubular flexible members 74 to the tracker board 36 of the instrument, in the ordinary and usual manner. The wind trunk 72 may be exhausted by means of two pumpers or bellows 74 located in the base of the instrument, preferably one adjacent each side thereof and to which the wind trunk has connection through the medium of the tubulai1 members 75, preferably leading from the extremities thereof and connecting with the respective bellows 7a, in a manner to be set forth.

Supported in any suitable manner, preferably by the base of the controller' 7 O is a pneumatic designated generally by the reference numeral one member of which pneumatic is secured to the base of the controller and is provided with an aperture 7Gb, which aperture has communication with the outlet 7 0 of the controller 7 0. The smaller end of the pneumatic preferably projects beyond one wall of the controller as at 70(1 and said projecting end is provided with an aperture 70e which forms an outlet for the pneumatic 70a. A housing is supported by the fixedl member of the pneumatic and is provided with a passage 7 0E extending therethrough and communi-eating with the outlet 70e of the pneumatic. The other end of the passage 70f communicates with the passage 7 8 through the medium of the passage 80.

Secured to the movable member of the pneumatic 701L is an arm or extension 711L and connected to the extremity of said arm by one end is a suitable elastic member 71", such as a coil spring or the like. To the other extremity of the elast-ic member is connected an adjusting device 71C preferably in the form of a bolt which passes through a suitable su dport 71d and an adjusting nut or collar t 1e adapted to engage the bolt 71c on the opposite side of the support 71d through the medium of which the tension of the elastic member 71b may be adjusted.

The controller 7 0* is provided with an extension 76 shown more clearly in Fig. 4t of the drawings, and this extension is provided with a plurality of passages 77, 73, which communicate with the respective passages 79, 80 in the controller 70. A tubular member 81 has communication with one of the passages in the extension, preferably the passage 77, and to the extremity of this tubular member is secured one extremity of the flexible tubular member 50, which latter has communication with the suction or exhaust chamber of the motor 48. A similar tubular member 82 has communication with the other passage 7 8 in the extension 76 and a tubular member 83 is connected by one extremity to the tubular member 82 and by its other extremity to a suitable chamber 84, and which latter has communication with a valve box 85, supported within the chamber, through the medium of a tubular member 86, and said casing 84 also has communication with one of the pumpers or bellows 74, whereby through the operation of the respective pumper or bellows 74 the suction chamber of the motor 48 will be exhausted through the controller through the passages 77 79, 80 and 78. Similar tubular members 87 connect the valve box 85 respectively with connection or junction boxes 88, to which latter the tubular members leading from the wind trunk 72 are connected. A tubular member 89, similar to the member 86, also leads from the valve box 85 and connects with a casing 90, which latter also has communication with one of the pumpers or bellows 74. With this improved construction when the pumpers or bellows 74 are operated, the wind trunk 72 will -be exhausted through the valve box 85 causing the air to flow through the tubular members 87 into the valve box in the direction as indicated in Fig. 6 and out of the valve box to the pumpers or bellows 74 through the tubular members 86, 89 in the direction indicated in Fig. 6. The valve box 85 is provided with a partition 91 having an opening 92 adapted to be closed by the valve or closure 93, which latter slides in suitable guides 94 in the valve box. The partition 91 and valve 93 are located between the adjacent extremities of the tubular members 87 where they connect with the valve box and also the adjacent extremities of the tubular members 86 and 89, so that the suction created by the pumpers or bellows 74 will tend to hold the valve 93 against its seat when closed. The valve 93 is adapted to be moved to cover or uncover the opening 92 in the partition 91 in any suitable manner, but preferably by means of a rock shaft 95 which is mounted in suitable bearings 96, preferably secured to the portion 62 of the casing. This rock shaft 95 is provided with an arm 97, the extremity of which is connected by means of a suitable flexible member 98 through the medium of a fastening device 99 to the valve 93 so that when the shaft 95 is rocked to raise the arm 97, the valve 93 will be raised to uncover the opening 92 to form communications between the wind chest or trunk 72 and the pumpers or bellows 74 through the medium of the tubular members 86, 89. Vhen the shaft 95 is rocked to lower the arm 97, the valve 93 will close preferably by gravity so as to cut off the pumpers or bellows 74 from the wind chest for a purpose to be set forth. The port-ion of the arm 97 directly over the valve is indicated in dotted lines in Fig. 6 to show the relative position of the arm with respect to the valve and valve box.

The valve 93 is adapted to be opened when the music sheet is being fed to play a tune and any suitable means may be provided for shifting the valve to establish communication between the wind trunk and the bellows or pumpers 74 when the pinion 53 is moved into engagement with the gear 39. A suitable and efficient means for accomplishing this purpose comprises a shoulder 100 on the slide 64 adjacent the rear extremity thereof, which latter is located in proximity to the shaft 95. The shaft 95 is also provided with a cranl; arm 101 which depends below the shaft and stands within the path of the forward movement of the shoulder 100 so that when the slide 64 is moved outwardly to cause the inclined face or shoulder 69 thereon to move out of engagement with the collar or nut 63 on the member 61, the shoulder 100 will engage the arm 101 to rock the shaft 95 and raise the arm 97 to shift the valve 93 away from the opening 92. When the slide 64 is moved in the opposite direc-tion, the shoulder 100 will move away from the arm 101 to permit the valve 93 to close and thereby cut off communication of the wind trunk from the bellows or pumpers 74.

If desired, suitable means may be provided for assisting in closing the valve 93 should the latter for any reason fail to operate or stick. This may be accomplished by means of a shoulder 102 provided on the extension of the slide 64 and which is located on the side of the arm 101 opposite to that on which the shoulder 100 is located and is so disposed with relation to the inclined face or shoulder 69 as to engage the arm 101 when.

the inclined face or shoulder 69 engages the collar or nut 63, if the arm 101 has not moved out of the path of the movement of the shoulder 102 by the closing of the valve.

Arranged within the extension 76 of the controller 70 is a passage 103 which forms communication between the passages 77, 78 and a suitable valve 104 is provided for closing the connecting passage 103. This valve is provided with a cooperating valve seat 105 and a stem 106, one extremity 107 of which projects below the extension 76 and is adapted to be engaged by a projection 108 on a collapsible pneumatic 109 which is supported preferably from the extension 76 and has communication with the wind trunk 72 the opening 92 in the valve box 85 and the pumpers or bellows ill are operated, the suction will be from the tracker board tlirough the ff lible tubular members 74' through the individual pneumatics 73, wind chest or trunh 72, tubular members 7.5, through the valve bon, through the tubular members 8T and to the punipers or bellows Yet. rlhis degree of suction may be varied at the will of the operator by adjusting the valve 71 in the controller in any desired or suitable manner, preferably by means of an operating; lever designated generally by the reference nmneral 112, which engages a projecting arm 11.9 on the valve rod 112b and which latter' slides in bearings 112C. This lever 112 is mounted on. any suitable part of the mechanism and in a convenient position for the operator. lll hen the valve 71 is adjusted from its seat in the controller, the suction will also be exerted upon the motor 4S through the tubular member 50 into the passage T7 through the tubular member 81, through the passage 7 9 in the controller out of the controller through the passage 8G,

from the passage S0 to the passage 7S, through the tubular members 82, 83, and

through the valve box S5 through the tubular members S2, S3, junction boX tlf-l and bellows or pumpers T-l. lllhen the pinion is in a position to feed the record from the spool 1G to the spool 1T in order to sound the notes of the instrument, the air will tale the course above described, that is, will pass around the valve lOl, which latter normally elo.m s the communicating passage 103.

lllhen it is desired to re-wind the record to replay a certain portion of the music or for the purpose of applying a new record, it is desirable to shut oil' the suction from the wind trunk 72 to prevent the operation of the individual pneumatics and also the sounding of the notes during' this re-windinn; operation. ln order to accomplish this result, the collapsible pneumatic 109 is provided and when the re-winding` mechanism is shifted, air will be admitted to the pneumatic 109 from the chest 7 throuo'h lll-110, which movement will cause tne projection 109 to move away from the valve seat 105 to permit the valve 104k to drop or open. lillhen this valve lOl4 is unseated, there will be a direct communication from the pumper or bellows Til to the motor 4-8, through the passage 103, thereby causing,` the exhaust to operate directly upon the motor. rlfhis operation is designed to be effected when the shaft is shifted to disengage the pinion 5B from the gear 39 so that the motor may be run at any desired speed to re-wind the record. `lllhen the slide Gil is shifted to disengage the pinion be operated or permitted to assume a position to close the opening1 92 and when the valve is closed all connnunication from the wind chest 72 to the bellows or pumpers 74 will be cut olf and the latter may be operated at any desired speed to increase the suction in the motor and thereby control the speed of the motor. lllhen the slide is again shifted or moved in the opposite direction the valve 93 will open in the manner already set forth and the pinion 53 will again assume a position in mesh with the gear 39 in the manner set forth, so that when the communication between the wind trunl: and the various individual pneumatics 73 is restablished to the pumpers or bellows Til, the sheet or record will'be moved in a direction to cause the notes to be sounded, it being1 understood that when the valve 93 is opened for communication with wind ch st '72, the valve 104 is closed by collapsing,` of pneumatic 109 which is in communication with wind chest 72 through passage 110, thereby compelling all air passing through the motor to pass through the controller. rlhe valve 93 is also adapted to be cont-rolled at the will of the operator to cut off the suction from the pneumatic actions to permit the sheet or record to be moved in the direction of its playing1 movement Without sounding' the notes. This is obvious because, as will be seen, the parts are so constructed that t-he slide member 64 canbe moved considerably in either direction without actuatingthe member G1. In other words, the slide member 64e may be moved inwardly to remove the shoulder 100 from the arm 101 and permit the valve member 93 to move downwardly before the shoulder 69 acts upon the member G1. Thus, if the operator wishes to shift portions of the record forwardly in the plane direction without sounding` the notes, he simply pushes inwardly on the slide Gil until the shoulder 100 allows the valve 93 to drop. This leaves the winding` mechanism in the same position but allows the valve to shut olf communication between the pumpers and the wind chests.

lllith this improved construction it will be apparent that the operation of the motor is absolutely under the control of the operator and by the provision of the flexible belt 59, the shaft 23, together with the spool 16, will be permitted to rotate in a direction opposed to the direction of movement of the belt 59 so that the record may be fed from the spool 16 on to the spool 17 by the tension of the record itself, and the belt 59 will slip during` the feeding` movement of the record. lflfhen the pinion 58 is moved out of engagement with the gear 39, the belt 59 will be tightened so that the shaft 23 and spool 16 will be rotated in the opposite direction or in the direction of the movement of the belt without reversing the driving shaft and which direction of rotation of the shaft 23 will re-wind the record from the spool 17 to the spool 1G. The belt 59, being constructed of a suitable stout material, when loosened by the engagement of the pinion 53 of the gear 39 will hold itself in such position as to permit the pulleys 25 and 58 to rotate freely without creating too much friction thereon.

This application is a division of my pending application Serial No. 454,377, iled September 23, 1908.

In order that the invention might be -fully understood, the details of the foregoing embodiment thereof have been thus described, but

What I claim as new is:

l. A device of the character described including pneumatic actions, a pneumatic record operating motor, adapted to be exhausted to operate the same, exhaust mechanism common to the actions and the motor for exhausting both of said elements, and including a connection between the motor and the exhaust mechanism, means located in said connection and through which the air from the motor is exhausted for controlling the motor, cut-ofi' means in the connection from the pneumatics to exhaust mechanism for cutting off the suction on the pneumatics, and means automatically responsive to said cut-off means for causing the suction to act directly upon the motor to prevent the action through the said controlling means, the last said means including a direct passage from the motor to the exhaust mechanism and a valve for controlling said passage.

Q. A device of the character described including pneumatic actions, a pneumatic record operating motor, adapted to be exhausted to operate `the same, exhaust mechanism common to the actions and the motor for exhausting both of said elements, and including a connection between the motor and the exhaust mechanism, means inserted in said connection and through which the air from the motor is exhausted for controlling the motor, means for causing the suction to act directly upon the motor to prevent the action through `the said controlling means, the last said means including a direct passage from the motor to the exhaust mechanism, a valve for controlling the passage, a cut-olf valve for preventing the exhaust mechanism from acting on said pneumatic actions, and a pneumatically controlled valve responsive to the operation of said cut-oil? valve for actuating said controlling valve.

3. A device of the character described including pneumatic actions, a pneumatic record operating motor means whereby the motor may be exhausted to operate the same,

exhaust mech-anism common 'to the actions and the motor for exhausting both of said elements, and including independent connections, means located in one of said connections, and through which the air from the motor is exhausted for controlling the motor, a cut-off valve located in the other connection for cont-rolling the suction to the pneumatics, means for causing the suction to act directly upon the motor to relieve the action through the said controlling means, the last said means including a direct passage from the motor to the exhaust mechanism, a valve for controlling the said direct passage, an operating pneumatic for seating the valve to close the direct passage to cause the suction to act through the said controlling means and for permitting the valve to open to cause the suction to act through the said direct passage, and means for rendering said operating pneumatic responsive to said cut-off valve.

4. A device of the character described including pneumatic actions, a pneumatic record operating motor, adapted to be exhausted to operate `the same, exhaust mechanism common to the actions and the motor for exhausting both of said elements, and including a connection between the motor and the exhaust mechanism, means located in the connection and through which the air from the motor is exhausted for controlling the motor, a cut-off valve for controlling said pneumatic actions, means for causing the suction to act directly upon the motor to relieve the action through the said controlling means, the last said means including a direct passage from the motor to the exhaust mechanism, a valve for controlling said passage, a collapsible pneumatic, means operatively related to the Valve and adapted to be engaged by the pneumatic for seating the valve to close the said passage, and means for causing said collapsible pneumatic to respond automatically and unseat said valve when the cut-off valve is operated.

5. A device of the character described including pneumatic actions, a pneumatic record operating motor, adapted to be exhausted to operate the same, exhaust mechanism common to the actions and the motor for exhausting both of said elements, and including a connection between the Inotor and the exhaust mechanism, means located in said connection and through which the air from the motor is exhausted to control the motor, valve mechanism for preventing the action of the exhaust mechanism upon said pneumatic actions, and means responsive to the operation of said valve mechanism for preventing the suction through said controlling means and causing it to act directly upon saidmotor.

6. A device ofthel character described, including pneumatic actions, a pneumatic record operating motor, adapted to be exhausted to operate the same, exhaust mechanism common to the actions and the motor for exhausting both of said elements, and including a connection between the motor and the exhaust mechanism, means located in said connection and through which the air from the motor is exhausted to control the motor, means for preventing the action of the exhaust mechanism upon the said pneumatic actions, the last said means including a slide Valve in the connection between the pneumatic actions and the exhaust mechanism, and disposed in a position to be held upon its seat by the suction of the exhaust mechanism, means under the control of the operator for opening the Valve, said Valve being adapted to be closed by gravity When released, and means operating when said valve is closed for prevent ing suction through the controlling means to cause the suction to act directly upon the motor.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification, in the presence ot' two subscribing Witnesses, on this 27th day of April A. D. 1909. i

EUGENE T. TURNEY.

Titnesses 1WILLIAM. E. Ti-rouPsoN, FRANK T. DUFRA.

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